diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index 548007f7f..e6f774c56 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ if ( $post_id ) {
  * @param int $post_id Optional. Post ID.
  */
 function redirect_post($post_id = '') {
-	if ( !empty($_POST['mode']) && 'sidebar' == $_POST['mode'] ) {
-		if ( isset($_POST['saveasdraft']) )
-			$location = 'sidebar.php?a=c';
-		elseif ( isset($_POST['publish']) )
-			$location = 'sidebar.php?a=b';
-	} elseif ( isset($_POST['save']) || isset($_POST['publish']) ) {
+	if ( isset($_POST['save']) || isset($_POST['publish']) ) {
 		$status = get_post_status( $post_id );
 
 		if ( isset( $_POST['publish'] ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/sidebar.php b/wp-admin/sidebar.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f905bf63..000000000
--- a/wp-admin/sidebar.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Quick way to create a WordPress Post.
- *
- * @package WordPress
- * @subpackage Administration
- */
-
-/**
- * @var string
- * @name $mode
- */
-$mode = 'sidebar';
-
-/** WordPress Administration Bootstrap */
-require_once('./admin.php');
-
-if ( ! current_user_can('edit_posts') )
-	wp_die(__('Cheatin&#8217; uh?'));
-
-$post = get_default_post_to_edit();
-
-?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-<head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('blog_charset'); ?>" />
-<title><?php bloginfo('name') ?> &rsaquo; <?php _e('Sidebar'); ?></title>
-<style type="text/css" media="screen">
-body {
-	font-size: 0.9em;
-	margin: 0;
-	padding: 0;
-}
-form {
-	padding: 1%;
-}
-.tags-wrap p {
-	font-size: 0.75em;
-	margin-top: 0.4em;
-}
-.button-highlighted, #wphead, label {
-	font-weight: bold;
-}
-#post-title, #tags-input, #content {
-	width: 99%;
-	padding: 2px;
-}
-#wphead {
-	font-size: 1.4em;
-	background-color: #E4F2FD;
-	color: #555555;
-	padding: 0.2em 1%;
-}
-#wphead p {
-	margin: 3px;
-}
-.button {
-	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
-	padding: 3px 5px;
-	margin-right: 5px;
-	font-size: 0.75em;
-	line-height: 1.5em;
-	border: 1px solid #80b5d0;
-	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-	border-radius: 3px;
-	cursor: pointer;
-	background-color: #e5e5e5;
-	color: #246;
-}
-.button:hover {
-	border-color: #535353;
-}
-.updated {
-	background-color: #FFFBCC;
-	border: 1px solid #E6DB55;
-	margin-bottom: 1em;
-	padding: 0 0.6em;
-}
-.updated p {
-	margin: 0.6em;
-}
-</style>
-</head>
-<body id="sidebar">
-<div id="wphead"><p><?php bloginfo('name') ?> &rsaquo; <?php _e('Sidebar'); ?></p></div>
-<form name="post" action="post.php" method="post">
-<div>
-<input type="hidden" name="action" value="post" />
-<input type="hidden" name="user_ID" value="<?php echo esc_attr($user_ID) ?>" />
-<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="sidebar" />
-<input type="hidden" name="ping_status" value="<?php echo esc_attr($post->ping_status); ?>" />
-<input type="hidden" name="comment_status" value="<?php echo esc_attr($post->comment_status); ?>" />
-<?php wp_nonce_field('add-post');
-
-if ( 'b' == $_GET['a'] )
-	echo '<div class="updated"><p>' . __('Post published.') . '</p></div>';
-elseif ( 'c' == $_GET['a'] )
-	echo '<div class="updated"><p>' . __('Post saved.') . '</p></div>';
-?>
-<p>
-<label for="post-title"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label>
-<input type="text" name="post_title" id="post-title" size="20" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" value="" />
-</p>
-
-<p>
-<label for="content"><?php _e('Post:'); ?></label>
-<textarea rows="8" cols="12" name="content" id="content" style="height:10em;line-height:1.4em;" tabindex="2"></textarea>
-</p>
-
-<div class="tags-wrap">
-<label for="tags-input"><?php _e('Tags:') ?></label>
-<input type="text" name="tags_input" id="tags-input" tabindex="3" value="" />
-<p><?php _e('Separate tags with commas'); ?></p>
-</div>
-
-<p>
-<input name="saveasdraft" type="submit" id="saveasdraft" tabindex="9" accesskey="s" class="button" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Save as Draft'); ?>" />
-<?php if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') ) : ?>
-<input name="publish" type="submit" id="publish" tabindex="6" accesskey="p" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Publish') ?>" class="button button-highlighted" />
-<?php endif; ?>
-</p>
-</div>
-</form>
-
-</body>
-</html>
